1. | Dean arrives at the Gilmore house for movie night and the ladies can't believe he: | ||
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brought salad along with the pizza | ||
had never heard of "Steel Magnolias" | |||
only brought one burger for each of them | |||
bought Dr. Pepper instead of Mountain Dew - there's more caffeine in Mountain Dew | |||
2. | Rory and Lorelai introduce Dean to "The Donna Reed Show". The ladies come to the conclusion that mother-daughter window washing, as seen in the show, would be as much fun as: | ||
a mother-daughter gynecological exam | |||
mother-daughter toilet scrubbing | |||
a mother-daughter lobotomy | |||
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mother-daughter shock treatment | ||
3. | Lorelai begs Luke to let her help him paint the diner - it is in desperate need of a "sprucing up". She gets Luke to agree by: | ||
announcing to the other diner patrons that Luke is bad in bed | |||
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singing a "painting song" in the diner | ||
doing cartwheels outside the diner | |||
"accidentally" spilling new paint on one of the walls, meaning the rest now "have to" match | |||
4. | Emily and Richard are disappointed because they aren't vacationing in Martha's Vineyard this year. Rory suggests they go to Europe instead, but they say it's too expensive to travel to Europe in the spring. Both of Lorelai's parents are horrified by her suggestion to cut travel expenses - what? | ||
stay in motels instead of hotels | |||
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fly coach or business class instead of first class | ||
visit 2 cities instead of 3 or 4 | |||
pack snacks to bring onto the plane | |||
5. | Rory agrees to house-sit for Babette and Morey and take care of their new kitten Apricot. Lorelai teases her about how eager she was to house-sit, comparing their relationship to whose? | ||
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward | |||
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Paul and Linda McCartney | ||
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin | |||
Prince Charles and Princess Diana | |||
By way of explanation.....
This will be only the second night that Rory and Lorelai have spent apart. |
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6. | Dean and Rory's fight over The Donna Reed Show and what it represents starts with a comment from Dean regarding: | ||
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his having to go to work at Doose's Market an hour early on Thursdays | ||
Lorelai ordering pizza instead of cooking dinner herself | |||
Rory's plan to go grocery shopping the next day after school | |||
Rory's inability to meet Dean for a date on Saturday night | |||
7. | Rory brings a baby chick home from school as a homework assignment. She tells Lorelai its name is "Case Study #12". Lorelai gives the chick a more fitting name - what? | ||
Blanche | |||
Shelby | |||
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Stella | ||
Trudy | |||
By way of explanation.....
She originally names the chick "Stanley" until Rory informs her the chick is a girl. |
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8. | Which two Stars Hollow residents have a bet made over whether Luke really is planning on repainting the diner? | ||
Babette and Miss Patty | |||
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Kirk and Taylor | ||
Sookie and Jackson | |||
Dean and Rory | |||
By way of explanation.....
Kirk owes Taylor money once Luke confirms he is in fact painting the diner |
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9. | Luke closes up the diner for the night after Stars Hollow resident Andrew: | ||
gives his input on what paint colors he prefers | |||
offers to buy cans of paint from Luke at a discount, since he believes Luke will balk and the diner won't get painted | |||
walks in wearing "painting clothes", roller in hand, ready to help paint | |||
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bursts in taking pictures for a "before and after" shot | ||
10. | Despite Luke's insistence that "everything stays", Lorelai tries to get him to get rid of some wall hangings and decorations, including a: | ||
Billy the Singing Bass fish | |||
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plastic dancing porkchop | ||
giant hammer | |||
Stars Hollow tourist brochure | |||
By way of explanation.....
"I lost my head over a good chop, you should, too." |
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11. | Luke tells a story about why he decided to change his father's hardware store into a diner. He uses a word that Lorelai notes must be a hard word for him to say - what? | ||
"loving" | |||
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"fun" | ||
"easygoing" | |||
"relationship" | |||
12. | Lorelai tells Luke they will paint every place in the diner except for one specific spot - why? | ||
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Luke's father wrote down a hardware order in that spot when he ran out of paper | ||
it's the first spot that Luke's father painted when he built the hardware store | |||
the door jamb has a "height chart" in crayon where a young Luke and his sister measured their heights | |||
Luke wrote a "secret message" to his father after he died in that spot | |||
13. | Rory visits Lane to borrow a CD. Where does Lane keep her stash of CDs hidden from her mother? | ||
in her underwear drawer | |||
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under the floorboards in her bedroom | ||
on a bookshelf, behind her religious reading material | |||
between her mattress and box spring | |||
14. | A confused Dean arrives at Babette's house to find Rory has planned "Donna Reed Night", complete with period music and attire. She makes a dinner of steak, beans and mashed potatoes - what's for dessert? | ||
dream pie | |||
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lime fantasy supreme | ||
peachy keen cakes | |||
fancy tarts | |||
By way of explanation.....
lime fantasy supreme = green jello and cool whip |
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15. | Lorelai arrives home from the diner to find Stella the chick has gotten loose, so she calls Luke for help. They safely catch Stella after ransacking the living room, but there is a casualty - what? | ||
the coat rack | |||
a picture of Rory | |||
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a lemon lamp | ||
a monkey statuette | |||
16. | Lorelai walks into the kitchen at the inn to find Michel and Sookie at war - why? | ||
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Michel requested a vegetarian egg white omelet and Sookie made a whole egg one with meat | ||
Sookie made Michel a blueberry smoothie with *20* blueberries, not 15 as Michel had requested | |||
Sookie told Michel it looks like he's gained a few pounds | |||
Jackson is annoying Michel and he's taking it out on Sookie | |||
17. | Lorelai explains the events of the previous night to Sookie, wondering why Luke expressed surprise at there actually being a baby chick loose in her house. Sookie explains that calling someone and saying "can you help me look for my loose chick" sounds a little like code for: | ||
"Have your way with me, sailor." | |||
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"I'm not wearing any underwear." | ||
"Wanna get lucky?" | |||
"Can you help me with something dirtier later?" | |||
18. | Oh, happy day! Richard and Emily got a house in Martha's Vineyard for the summer! They are very pleased that they took advantage of an opportunity to rent a place after: | ||
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hearing that the previous owner had died | ||
harassing the person renting their old place to the point where the new renter cancelled | |||
learning the previous owners were in the middle of an acrimonious divorce | |||
offering the owner double the amount of money the current tenant was paying | |||
19. | Lorelai makes an inside joke to Rory about wearing an apron. When Emily inquires about the joke, Lorelai tells her and Richard that: | ||
Rory is working at the inn over spring break to make some extra money | |||
Rory is studying the role of women in the 1950's and 1960's as part of a school assignment | |||
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Rory has decided to become a maid rather than pursue going to Harvard | ||
Rory is toying with the idea of going to culinary school | |||
20. | Rory and Lorelai tell Emily and Richard the story about Stella the runaway chick. Emily's more interested in ________ than anything else. | ||
why Rory was wearing an apron (nobody answered her question seriously) | |||
how Lorelai could let Rory be alone with her boyfriend | |||
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why Luke was at Lorelai's house | ||
why Rory's assignment was suddenly Lorelai's responsibility | |||
21. | Lorelai stops to admire a motorcycle that's passing by Doose's Market. The motorcyclist pulls over and yells something at Lorelai before she realizes it's Christopher, Rory's dad. What does Christopher yell at her? | ||
"Hey baby...how much for a good time?" | |||
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"Nice shirt. Take it off!" | ||
"I love you!" | |||
"Hi sexy. Wanna ride?" | |||